Horseshoeing apparatus.



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PATENTED PEB. s, A1903. D. E. KEPFORD.

HORSESHOBING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 5. 1901.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

DAVID E. KEPFORD, OF MERRIAM, INDIANA.

HORSESHOEING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,473, dated'February 3, 190e. Application led March 5, 1901. Serial No. 49,735. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it' may concern,.-

Be it known that I, DAVID E. KEPFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Merriam, in the county oi` Noble, in the State of Indiana,have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in HorseshoeingApparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and eXact description of the invention,which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ot' thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in horseshoeing apparatus speciallydesigned and adapted for use with vicious horses.

The object of my present invention is to provide a horseshoeingapparatus adapted for use With vicious and unruly horses of so simpleand economical Va construction as to be Within the reach of allhorseshoers and so arranged as to be readily and quickly placed inposition or shifted in use and adapted to firmly and securely controlthe most vicious animal in shoeing Without danger of injury to the same.

My improvement consists of two coperating ropes, straps, or cables witha plurality of hooks, pulleys, and rings, one ofsaid ropes being aretaining-rope,by means of which the animal is firmly held in thedesired position for shoeing, and the other rope is an operating-rope,by means of which the animals feet are successively elevated to aposition accessible to the operator.

The novel feature of my invention resides l in the simplicity of themeans by which the animal is securely held in position and convenientlymanipulated by a single operator.

Similar reference-numerals indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation ot' myimprovement inposition for use, showing the animal secured in position for shoeing bythe retaining-rope and also showing the manner of employing theoperating-rope for raising the animals front feet. Fig. 2 is a similarView with the animal reversed and showing how the operating-rope isemployed in raising the rear feet. Fig. 3 is adetail of the hoek-jointband and hook to which one end of the operating-rope is secured.

At proper points on the side Wall 1 of any blacksmiths or farriers shopare rigidly secured the hooks 2, 3, 4, and 5, of any proper dimensions,the hooks 2 and 4 being a greater distance from the hooks 3 and 5 thanthe length of a horse, and all of said hooks being a sui'icient distancefrom the Hoor to permit the retaining-rope, hereinafter described, toproperly secure the animal 6, Fig. 1. The said hooks 2, 3, 4, and 5 canof course be replaced by staples and can be fixed in any suitableupright support as Well as in the Wall 1.

The retaining-rope 7, ofproper dimensions, has a ring 12 in its forwardend, which is adapted to holdingly engage either of the upper of saidhooks 2 and 3. The said retaining-rope 7 is also provided with thepulleys 9, 10, and11, each of which pulleys has a ring 12, adapted toholdingly engage the said hooks in use. l,

At suitable points in the iioor 13 adjacent to the side wall l arerigidly liXed the eyebolts 14 and 15, and at a proper distance from theWall 1 and approximately midway the said eyebolts 14 and 15 is fixed athird eyebolt 16, to which the outer or free ends of the retaining andoperating ropes are secured by the operator.

To the ceiling 17, at suitable points above the animal 6, are xed thehooks 18, 19, and 20 for the use of the operating-rope 21, Whoseforwardend is provided with a ring 22 and a band 25, adapted to befastened around the hook-joint of each'toot successively, the said ring22 being detachably secured thereto by a hook or other proper manner. Apulley 23 is adapted to be detachably mounted `upon said overhead hooksby means of a ring 24, on Which the said operating-rope is mounted.

My improvement thus consists of two ropes, seven hooks, four pulleys,and three eyebolts. Of course instead of having one overhead pulley 23,Which is shifted from one overhead hook to the other in use, a pulley 23can be mounted on each of the said overhead hooks.

The manner of employing my invention thus described is obvious and,briefly stated,

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is as follows: When it isA desired to shoe a vicious animal, lit isplaced against the wall l between the forward hooks 2 and 4 and the rearhooks 3 and 5, Fig. 1. The animal is then tied to a proper staple 26 inthe said wall 1. The farrier now secures the ring 12 of theretaining-rope 7 to the hook 2 or 3 which is adjacent the animals head,which in Fig. 1 is the hook 2, then secures the pulleys 9, 10, and 11 tothe hooks 3, 4 and 5, respectively, by means of the respective rings 12,after which the said retaining-rope is passed over the said pulleys 9,10, and 11 and then passed diagonally beneath the animals body andthrough the said staple 15 and then back to the said eyebolt 16, whereit is securely tied, Fig. 1. The animal 6 is now firmly secured inposition, in which all attempt at plunging, surging, or inclining withits weight upon the operator is prevented. The operator now places thesaid band around the adjacent front foot, secures the said ring 22thereto, mounts the operatingrope 21 on the pulley 23, which is nowsuspended from the central overhead hook 19. The operating-rope is thenpassed through the said eyebolt 14, after which the operator readilyraises the said foot up to the desired position beneath the animalsbody, as shown in Fig. 1, and ties the free end of the operative rope inthe said eyebolt 16. The operator in the same manner can as readilyelevate the adjacent rear foot to the desired position beneath the bodyto place it upon the stand 27 for filing and clenching the shoeing-uailsin a Well-understood manner. When it is desired to elevate the said rearfoot rearwardly into position for placing the shoe thereon, it isreadily done by fastening the said band 25about the hoek-joint thereofwith one end of the said operating-rope 21 secured thereto, the otherend being passed over the said pulley 23 and thence through the saideyebolt 14 or 15, after which it is secured to the said eyebolt 16, asshown by dotted outline in Fig. 1. To place the said forward foot uponthe shoers stand 27 the operator, after placing the band 25 in positionthereon and securing one end of the operating-rope thereto, passes theother end of the said rope over said pulley 23, which is now suspendedfrom the hook 2O and then passed through the eyebolt 15 and secured asbefore, as shown by dotted outline in Fig. l. It is thus seen that toraise either the front foot or rear foot up to a position beneath thebody of the animal, as described, the operating-rope is mounted upon thesaid pulley 23 when suspended from the middle hook 19, and to raiseeither the front or rear foot outwardly the operating-rope is mounted onthe pulley 23 when suspended from the corresponding hook 18 or 20.Evidently to shoe the remaining front and rear feet the position of theanimal is reversed end for end, after which the retaining-rope is alsoreversedthat is, the ring 12y is secured to the hook 3, the pulley 10 issecured to the hook 5, and the pulleys 9 and 11 are secured to the hooks2 and 4, respectively-and the said retaining-rope passes through theeyebolt 14 instead of the eyebolt l5 and has its free end tied to theeyebolt 16. Of course the said pulleys 9, '10, and l1 may be omitted, ifdesired, and the retaining-rope run through rings substituted thereforor even through the said lateral hooks themselves without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention, which consists, primarily, inproviding a horseshoeing apparatus consisting of but two operativecoperating ropes with means for securing the same in position.

My improvement is thus cheap, simple, efficient, and reliable and canreadily and conveniently be manipulated by the farrier withoutassistance.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is- In au apparatus of the class described, the combination witha series of fastening devices carried by a vertical support and arrangedin two vertical series spaced from each other a distance greater thanthe length of the animal to be shod, said fastening devices beingarranged in substantially the same plane as that of the animals body, aretaining rope or strap connected to said fastening devices and passedalternately back and forth -in a direction longitudinally of the animalsbody for securing the latter. to said support, an eye arranged inadvance of the animal below said fastening devices and through whichsaid re- IOO ltaining rope or strap is passed, the portion of said ropeor strap beneath said fastening de- Vices passing from the front of theanimal to and between said vertical support and the rear side of theanimals fore legs, and then through said eye, an eye also arranged belowsaid fastening devices and to which the free end of said rope or strapis connected for securing the same, an operating rope or strap connectedto the foot to be shod, an overhead support to which said operating ropeor strap is connected, said overhead support being adjusted to differentpositions directly over, in front and in rear of the animal to adapt theoperating rope or strap for successive attachment to all of the animalsfeet, and an eye arranged in rear of the animal below said fasteningdevices and through which said operating-rope is passed, the free end ofsaid rope being secured to said eye to which the free end of theretaining-rope is secured.

Signed by me at Merriam, Noble county, and State of Indiana, this 27thday of February, A. D. 1901.

DAVID E. KEPFORD.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. KITT, AMos C. KEPFORD.

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